Student life - Treasure the early days

Bebhinn O’Dowd Lernihan

The benefits of prioritisation

Nicola Davies

Notice board

A well-deserved higher profile

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Your career in a nutshell

Jane Redfern Jones

Depression

Anita Skinner

Multiple sclerosis: managing a complex neurological disease

Nikki Embrey,

Enhancing the clinical leadership of band 6 staff

Kathleen Duffy, Anne Carlin

Developing nursing practice in platelet transfusions

Wendy McSporran, Denise Watson

Tweets of the week

Lack of leadership led to failures in care of patient with dementia

Gary J Jones

My father’s end of life hospital care will haunt us for ever

Shona Oliver

Ray Rowden leaves the world a quieter, less colourful place

June Andrews

Use NMC checklist and guidance when applying to register

Alison Sansome

Union help for overseas nurses dealing with complex situations

Jane Beach

International trade deal is ‘the biggest threat to the NHS’

Kathryn Anderson

Piecemeal approach could lead to confusion over industrial action

Bridget Ryan

The best of the week’s health-related TV and radio

Margaret Paul

Neonatal Medicines Management UK app

Valerie McGurk

Harry’s Last Stand – How the World My Generation Built is Falling Down, and What We Can Do to Save It

Susan Watkins

ABC of Domestic and Sexual Violence

Clare Oakland

UN: Global Ebola Response

Roger Evans

Starting out - Donating £30 to save a patient’s life helped me appreciate our resources

Grace Chorley

Time to address the scandal of avoidable deaths

Jan Tregelles

Readers panel - Revoking the right to shun flu jab

Grant Byrne, Alison Crumbie, Drew Payne, Jane Brown

The crying game

David Newnham

Cutting antibiotic use

Rose Gallagher

Voices - Crystal Oldman is proud of a new QNI film about UK community nurses

Crystal Oldman

Put it to the vote

Jane Bates

How empathy skills can change nursing

Iain Atherton, Richard Kyle

The best start

Viv Bennett

Exorcising the ghost of phantom limb

Heart attack

Depression and anxiety following a heart attack are more likely in women

Prostate cancer therapy may raise risk of death in men with heart problems

Early screening advised for women who had childhood radiation treatment

Telephone reminders fail to improve adherence to HIV medication regimens

High consumption of milk may offer no osteoporotic benefit

Withdrawal of goodwill – how to make the NHS sit up and listen

Healthcare workers advised to be honest and say sorry for mistakes

Kat Keogh

RCN adds crosses in remembrance

World in brief

Political notebook

Young carers get help and support through innovative pilot scheme

College and trusts run cadet course

NICE guidance outlines protocols to stop repeat falls in older people

Alistair Kleebauer

News in brief

Cognitive function could be affected by shift work

Tackling antibiotic resistance a priority

Nurses rally for assisted dying bill

MPs slam Macmillan for spending £1m on an integrated care project

Katie Osborne

CAMHS has ‘serious and deeply ingrained problems’

Anim becomes RCN’s first black president

Senior staff told how their actions contribute to employee stress

Sculptures honour wartime surgery

Unison calls off strike after Welsh Government improves its pay offer

Alistair Kleebauer

Do your bit in the week of action for children

Graham Scott

News digest November 12 2014

News digest November 13 2014

RCN guidance advises nurses to introduce themselves to patients making complaints

Find future leaders, England’s chief nurse urges

News digest November 14 2014

Midwives are in a ‘privileged’ position to discuss mental health, says Maternal Mental Health Alliance chair

Nurses’ role in reducing deaths from liver disease is crucial

Kat Keogh

News digest November 17 2014

Queen’s Nursing Institute award in memory of fundraiser

Winter cash boost is ‘sticking plaster’ solution, RCN warns

News digest November 18 2014

Community nurses receive fire hazard training

Under-investment to blame for hospital’s ‘major incident’, RCN regional director claims

Katie Osborne